Fred MacMurray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 30, 1908
- Died
- November 5, 1991
- Birthplace
- Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Fredrick Martin 'Fred' MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor and musician. He was educated at Carroll College, Wisconsin, and played with a Chicago orchestra for more than a year. Then he joined an orchestra in Hollywood where he played, did some recording and played extra roles. He then joined a comedy stage band, California Collegians, and went to New York. There he joined "Three's A Crowd" revue on Broadway and on the road. After this show closed, he returned to California and worked in vaudeville. He played the vaudeville circuits and night clubs until cast for major role in "Roberta". Signed by Paramount in 1935. He was raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin from the age of 5, eventually graduating from Beaver Dam High School (currently the site of Beaver Dam Middle School), where he was a 3-sport star in football, baseball, and basketball. He retained a special place in his heart for his small-town Wisconsin upbringing, referring at any opportunity in magazine articles or interviews to the lifelong friends and cherished memories of Beaver Dam, even including mementos of his childhood in several of his films. In 'Pardon my Past' (1945), he and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.
Filmography
This Is Bob Hope... 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment' 2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Shaggy Dog Kids 2006
as Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness 2006
as Self (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door 1996
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire 1991
as Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original 1990
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood 1986
as Self (uncredited)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985
as (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney 1978
as Self
The Swarm 1978
as Clarence
Inside 'the Swarm' 1978
as Self
- A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons
A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons 1977
Actor
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy 1976
as (archive footage)
Joys 1976
as Self
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle 1975
as Harry Ballinger
The Chadwick Family 1974
as Ned Chadwick
Charley and the Angel 1973
as Charley Appleby
The Movie Orgy 1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Happiest Millionaire 1967
as Anthony Biddle
Follow Me, Boys! 1966
as Lemuel Siddons
Kisses for My President 1964
as Thad McCloud
Son of Flubber 1963
as Ned Brainard
Bon Voyage! 1962
as Harry Willard
The Absent-Minded Professor 1961
as Ned Brainard
The Apartment 1960
as Jeff D. Sheldrake
Gala Day at Disneyland 1960
as Self
The Oregon Trail 1959
as Neal Harris
Disneyland '59 1959
as Self
Face of a Fugitive 1959
as Jim Larsen (aka Ray Kincaid)
The Shaggy Dog 1959
as Wilson Daniels
Good Day for a Hanging 1959
as Marshal Ben Cutler
Day of the Badman 1958
as Judge Jim Scott
Quantez 1957
as Gentry
Gun for a Coward 1956
as Will Keough
There's Always Tomorrow 1956
as Clifford Groves
At Gunpoint 1955
as Jack Wright
The Rains of Ranchipur 1955
as Thomas "Tom" Ransome
The Far Horizons 1955
as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
Woman's World 1954
as Sid Burns
A Star Is Born World Premiere 1954
as Self
Pushover 1954
as Paul Sheridan
The Caine Mutiny 1954
as Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
The Moonlighter 1953
as Wes Anderson
Fair Wind to Java 1953
as Captain Boll
Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing 1952
as Self - Presenter
Callaway Went Thataway 1951
as Mike Frye
A Millionaire for Christy 1951
as Peter Ulysses Lockwood
Never a Dull Moment 1950
as Chris Hayward
Borderline 1950
as Johnny Macklin
Father Was a Fullback 1949
as George Cooper
Family Honeymoon 1948
as Grant Jordan
An Innocent Affair 1948
as Vincent Doane
The Miracle of the Bells 1948
as William 'Bill' Dunnigan
On Our Merry Way 1948
as Al
Singapore 1947
as Matt Gordon
The Egg and I 1947
as Bob MacDonald
Suddenly It's Spring 1947
as Peter Morely
Smoky 1946
as Clint Barkley
Pardon My Past 1945
as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton, Producer
Murder, He Says 1945
as Pete Marshall
Captain Eddie 1945
as Eddie Rickenbacker
Where Do We Go from Here? 1945
as Bill Morgan
Practically Yours 1944
as Daniel Bellamy
Double Indemnity 1944
as Walter Neff
And the Angels Sing 1944
as Happy Morgan
Standing Room Only 1944
as Lee Stevens
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith 1943
as Narrator Prolog (uncredited)
Above Suspicion 1943
as Richard Myles
Show-Business at War 1943
as Self
Flight for Freedom 1943
as Randy Britton
No Time for Love 1943
as Jim Ryan
Breakdowns of 1942 1942
as Self
The Forest Rangers 1942
as Don Stuart
Take a Letter, Darling 1942
as Tom Verney
Star Spangled Rhythm 1942
as Frank
The Lady Is Willing 1942
as Corey McBain
New York Town 1941
as Victor Ballard
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 1941
as Self (uncredited)
Dive Bomber 1941
as Joe Blake
One Night In Lisbon 1941
as Dwight Houston
Virginia 1941
as Stonewall Elliott
Rangers of Fortune 1940
as Gil Farra
Too Many Husbands 1940
as Bill Cardew
Little Old New York 1940
as Charles Brownne
Remember the Night 1940
as Jack Sargent
Honeymoon in Bali 1939
as Bill Burnett
Invitation to Happiness 1939
as Albert 'King' Cole
Cafe Society 1939
as Crick O'Bannon
Sing, You Sinners 1938
as David Beebe
Men with Wings 1938
as Pat Falconer
Cocoanut Grove 1938
as Johnny Prentice
True Confession 1937
as Kenneth Bartlett
Exclusive 1937
as Ralph Houston
Swing High, Swing Low 1937
as Skid Johnson
Maid of Salem 1937
as Roger Coverman
Champagne Waltz 1937
as Buzzy Bellew
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) 1936
as Self
The Texas Rangers 1936
as Jim Hawkins
The Princess Comes Across 1936
as King Mantell
13 Hours by Air 1936
as Jack Gordon
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1936
as Jack Hale
The Bride Comes Home 1935
as Cyrus Anderson
Hands Across the Table 1935
as Theodore Drew III
Alice Adams 1935
as Arthur Russell
Men Without Names 1935
as Agent Dick Grant, alias Richard Hood
Car 99 1935
as Trooper Ross Martin
The Gilded Lily 1935
as Peter Dawes
Grand Old Girl 1935
as Sandy
Tiger Rose 1929
as Rancher
Girls Gone Wild 1929
as Extra (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.